Books and Monographs
Crystalline
Silica Primer. US Branch of Mineral Industries. Washington DC: US
Department of the Interior, US Bureau of Mines, 1992
External Link:
http://geology.usgs.gov/pdf/silica.html
Crystalline
Silica, Quartz (Concise International Chemical Assessment Document No.
24). Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000. ISBN 9241530235
External Link:
http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad24.htm
Report on Carcinogens, Eleventh Edition; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program
External Link:
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntpweb/index.cfm?objectid=035E5806-F735-FE81-FF769DFE5509AF0A
Silica and Silica-Induced Lung Diseases. Castranova, Wallace, &
Vallyathan. Boca Raton FL: CRC Press, 1995. ISBN 0849347092 (Ordering
info only)
External Link: http://www.crcpress.com
Silica, Some Silicates, Coal Dust and para-Aramid Fibrils. IARC
Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Vol. 68.
Lyon France: IARC Working Group, 1997. ISBN 9283212681
 PDF only
72 KB (24 pages)
External Link:
http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol68/volume68.pdf
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the VIIth
International Pneumoconioses Conference Part I
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 90-108 Part I (1990)
Proceedings of the VIIth
International Pneumoconioses Conference Part II
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 90-108 Part II ( 1990)
Advances
in the Prevention of Occupational Respiratory Diseases -- Proceedings
of the 9th International Conference on Occupational Respiratory
Diseases, Kyoto, Japan, October 13 - 16, 1997 (Ordering info)
External Link:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/601391/description#description
University Resources
University
of California—San Francisco's Practical Pathology of Chest Disease—Case
Studies: Silicosis and Silicatosis
External Link:
http://pathhsw5m54.ucsf.edu/case20/silicosis.html
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center's Thoracic Radiology Teaching Files: Complicated Silicosis
External Link:
http://www.uchsc.edu/radiology/teaching/case2b.html
University of Cincinnati, University Health Services
Advisory No. 29.3: Construction Site Dust, Silica, & Silicosis
Prevention
PDF only
28 KB (3 pages)
External Link:
http://ehs2.uc.edu/Advisories/Advisory_29_3.PDF
Governmental Resources
OSHA Silicosis Training Materials
External Link:
http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/ote/trng-materials/silicosis/silicosis.html
Contains Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training materials for the new 2008 OSHA Crystalline Silica National Emphasis Program and handouts and materials for employees. The OSHA Silica eTool link provides access to an interactive, Web-based training tool for guidance in determining if silica is present in your workplace and complying with the OSHA standard for respirable crystalline silica.
California
Department of Industrial Relations: Division of Occupational Safety and
Health (DOSH)
External Link:
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh%5Fpublications/granitehazardalert.pdf
Health alert in the granite countertop fabricating industry.
EPA's
National Center for Environmental Assessment: Health Effects of Inhaled
Crystalline and Amorphous Silica
External Link:
http://cfpub.epa.gov.ncea/cfm/recordisplay.dvm?deid=12999
MSHA's
Silicosis Prevention
External Link:
http://www.msha.gov/S&HINFO/SILICO/SILICO.HTM
 En Español
OSHA Silica, Crystalline Topic Page
External Link:
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/silicacrystalline/index.html
En Español
OSHA Crystalline Silica Topic Page that includes English and Spanish resources.
Government of Manitoba Canada - Safe Sandblast Cleaning
PDF only
115 KB (2 pages)
External Link:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/pdf/bltn153.pdf
Dry Cutting and Grinding is Risky Business NEW
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Occupational Health Surveillance Program
PDF only
142 KB (4 pages)
External Link:
http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/survweb/documents/drycutting.pdf
En Español
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet: Silica, quartz
PDF only
40 KB (6 pages)
External Link:
http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1660.pdf
En Español
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet: Silica, cristobalite
PDF only
38 KB (6 pages)
External Link:
http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1657.pdf
En Español
Report on Carcinogens, Eleventh Edition; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program
External Link:
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntpweb/index.cfm?objectid=035E5806-F735-FE81-FF769DFE5509AF0A
U.S.
Geological Survey: Silica Statistics and Information
External Link:
http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/silica/
OSHA
Consultation Service
External Link:
http://www.osha.gov/html/consultation.html
State Silicosis Program Contacts
Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance Topic Page—State-Based Surveillance Programs
This site contains information on NIOSH cooperative agreements to various state health departments to develop models for state-based and condition-specific surveillance and preventive intervention.
Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance Topic Page—State-Based Surveillance: Silicosis
This site contains information on silicosis surveillance systems from 1988 to the present maintained by Michigan and New Jersey.
Other Resources
American
Lung Association Fact Sheet: Occupational Lung Disease
External Link:
http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=2060319&content_id={A234CDA5-0941-455E-98DF-A5C2CD9CB950}¬oc=1
American Lung Association Fact Sheet: Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis
External Link:
http://www.lungusa.org/site/c.dvLUK9O0E/b.4061173/apps/s/content.asp?ct=3052333
American Thoracic Society - "Adverse Effects of
Crystalline Silica Exposure"
PDF only
308 KB (8 pages)
External Link:
http://www.thoracic.org/adobe/statements/silica1-8.pdf
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
(CSTE) Position Statements
Center to Protect Workers' Rights Hazard Alert: Silica
in Abrasive Blasting and Rock Drilling
PDF only 16 KB (2 pages)
External Link: http://www.cpwr.com/kFsilica.pdf
Time to Clear the Air NEW
External Link: http://www.cpwr.com/kFsilica.pdf
United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive (HSE) video on YouTube. The video demonstrates how to use water to prevent exposure to respirable crystalline silica while using a powered saw to cut a curb.
Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC): Silica
External Link: http://www.sspc.org/regnews/OSHA/silicamain.html
International
Chemical Safety Cards
The ICSCs project is an undertaking of the International Programme on
Chemical Safety (IPCS) a joint activity of three cooperating
International Organizations: namely the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), the International Labour Office (ILO) and the World
Health Organization (WHO). An ICSC summarizes essential health and
safety information on chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level
by workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction and
other work places.
NIOSH
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS)
RTECS is a compendium of data extracted from the open scientific
literature. Toxicity data includes: (1) primary irritation; (2)
mutagenic effects; (3) reproductive effects; (4) tumorigenic effects;
(5) acute toxicity; and (6) other multiple dose toxicity. Specific
numeric toxicity values such as LD50, LC50, TDLo, and TCLo are noted as
well as species studied and route of administration used.
Third International Symposium on Silica, Silicosis, Cancer, and Other Diseases
Supplemento 2002
External Link: http://www.lamedicinadellavoro.it/
En Español
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